The game plan is completely different now. Now Manny isn't behind Ortiz and we can walk him without having to worry about Manny. Whoever may hit behind Ortiz is no where close to being the threat Manny used to be.

Was watching Baseball Tonight and apparently Lowell has a knee or leg issue. They brought up a great point about Aybar and Figgins possibly being able to bunt on him which could be a huge key in the series.

This time around we have Torii and Tex and a healthy team pretty much. Now GA will actually be able to see out of both his eyes rather than one last year.

Lets go Halos!
I believe our offense will be fine with Tex, Vlad, Torii, Ga. Plus Naps has been hot. Way different know without Manny, So I think that will give our pitchers more confidence. Only thing I'm worried about is our bullpen.. Yes, even Frankie. Lets win game 1 John!